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[Grecco]

PSP constantly beating Wii brings a smile to my face.

I guess next week it will be a sad face instead.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

PSP constantly beating Wii brings a smile to my face.

DS smashing PSP to a pulp since centuries ago is where it's at. Let's dont mix home and handheld, please

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

PSP constantly beating Wii brings a smile to my face.

Sure, but what does the current back-and-forth do to your face?

 

[test_account]

DS smashing PSP to a pulp since centuries ago is where it's at. Let's dont mix home and handheld, please

1. NDS   -    79,370 |    88,575 |   531,882 | 21,704,933
2. PSP   -    77,933 |    79,923 |   472,249 |  8,073,843

Not exactly too much smashing going on right now (besides LTD i know i know hehe).

 

[C.T.]

PSP constantly beating Wii brings a smile to my face.

WTF???

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

(besides LTD i know i know hehe).

that kind of answers it brudda

 

[donny2112]

besides LTD i know i know

Which ... is ... exactly ... what he was referring to. Notice his "centuries ago" comment. He's not talking current events.

 

[Rancid Mildew]

Everyone's a bit snippy today.

 

[test_account]

PSP ressurected and its fighting back

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Next gen console RPGs coming up through early 2008...

03.06.08 Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (SEGA)
03.19.08 Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 4 (Koei)
spring08 From TV Animation: One Piece: Unlimited Adventure: Episode 1 (Bandai/Ganbarion)
spring08 From TV Animation: One Piece: Unlimited Adventure: Episode 2 (Bandai/Ganbarion)

Those are some weird RPGs selections eh? :/

 

[donny2112]

PSP ressurected and its fighting back

On what battlefield?

 

[test_account]

On what battlefield?

The one with the fields and the trees hehe

 

[AnimeTheme]

1. NDS   -    [b]79,370 |    88,575[/b] |   531,882 | 21,704,933
2. PSP   -    [b]77,933 |    79,923[/b] |   472,249 |  8,073,843

Can we expect PSP to cross stream soon?

 

[donny2112]

The one with the fields and the trees

I don't see any fields or trees in this week's rankings. Just game and hardware sales.

Can we expect PSP to cross stream soon?

They have and will again. In reference to the above discussion with test_account, PSP has stopped competing on the same battlefield as the DS. Its significant drivers aren't game based (other than possibly "argghh!"), anymore.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

Can we expect PSP to cross stream soon?

didn't it happen a week or two already?

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Can we expect PSP to cross stream soon?

Probably.

I wonder how long Nintendo will go before they drop the price.

 

[TheKingsCrown]

Probably.

I wonder how long Nintendo will go before they drop the price.

I don't think they will. THey don't need to. PSP is an entirely different market from DS IMO, cheers to Sony for finding the market (they may not have even known it). Its not used primarily as a gaming device. :lol

 

[Tickets]

I just remember a time (mid/late 2005) when people questioned if PSP would still be alive to see holiday 2006. Here we are now, some 3 years after the release of the PSP and it's stronger than ever before.

How can that not put a smile on your face?

 

[Sharp]

I just remember a time (mid/late 2005) when people questioned if PSP would still be alive to see holiday 2006. Here we are now, some 3 years after the release of the PSP and it's stronger than ever before.

How can that not put a smile on your face?

Wait, mid to late '05? That wasn't in the "DS is doomed" timeframe?

 

[Rancid Mildew]

The same can be said of the Wii pre-launch and even in early 2007 and the DS in 2005. I'm not sure why that's so smile worthy though.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

I don't think they will. THey don't need to. PSP is an entirely different market from DS IMO, cheers to Sony for finding the market (they may not have even known it). Its not used primarily as a gaming device. :lol

Actually, I wasn't talking about it in regards to the PSP.

The DS seems to have come close to hitting a saturation point at its current price point. I'm wondering when we'll see a price drop, mainly because i'm sure we can see the DS hit at least another 10 million before it's through.

 

[jarrod]

Those are some weird RPGs selections eh? :/

Action RPGs and a dating/RPG hybrid... if I didn't stretch into subgenres though, we'd just have the year later port of Trusty Bell and the Symphonia spinoff. :lol

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

I just remember a time (mid/late 2005) when people questioned if PSP would still be alive to see holiday 2006. Here we are now, some 3 years after the release of the PSP and it's stronger than ever before.

How can that not put a smile on your face?

everyone was saying quite the opposite, dude

 

[test_account]

I don't see any fields or trees in this week's rankings. Just game and hardware sales.

But seriously though, PSP has so to say ressurected the last couple of months because of PSP Slim and its now competing better with the DS, thats what i ment. I dont mean that PSP will reach, or atleast beat DS's LTD of course, that is near impossible.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Wait, mid to late '05? That wasn't in the "DS is doomed" timeframe?

Early 2005 was "DS is doomed".
Middle 2005 was "DS is doing moderately well."
Late 2005 was "Holy shit, what is the DS doing!?"

 

[test_account]

that kind of answers it brudda

Ok, fair enough

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

I just remember a time (mid/late 2005) when people questioned if PSP would still be alive to see holiday 2006. Here we are now, some 3 years after the release of the PSP and it's stronger than ever before.

How can that not put a smile on your face?

Because the games aren't selling and as a result my 2 fave PSP 3rd parties have virtually dropped support.

I guess yay for Sony though.

woopty fucking hee-haw

 

[HK-47]

Because the games aren't selling and as a result my 2 fave PSP 3rd parties have virtually dropped support.

I guess yay for Sony though.

woopty fucking hee-haw

Sales for everyone! I'll get the streamers. Wii and PS3 can come too!

 

[teepo]

i don't usually keep track on jap sales but it amazes me that yakuza 2 is still managing to grab the attention of japanese gamers. most ps2 games are forgotten after week or two of their release. yakuza 3 is already setting itself up to become the the new onimusha of this gen.

 

[Innotech]

PSP ressurected and its fighting back

in American Football theres a term for a similar situation called garbage time.

 

[kswiston]

Is PSP officially the the best second place finish ever in Japan for videogame hardware? I know it is the best selling non-nintendo handheld there at this point, but did anything other than the NES, SNES, PS1 or PS2 ever break 8 million LTD?

 

[Man God]

Is PSP officially the the best second place finish ever in Japan for videogame hardware? I know it is the best selling non-nintendo handheld there at this point, but did anything other than the NES, SNES, PS1 or PS2 ever break 8 million LTD?

Saturn has to be close to that.

 

[jarrod]

Saturn has to be close to that.

Saturn topped out around 6m. GB, GBC and GBA all topped 8m though.

 

[test_account]

in American Football theres a term for a similar situation called garbage time.

Its not exactly the same though. In garbage time players with less experience gets to play because the score is at a point were the losing team cant win, so the gameplay is usually worse. This way they can gain experience and it doesnt matter that they play worse than the more skilled players since they will lose anyway. PSP's preformance has gained the last couple of months, unlike garbage time where the preformance usually gets worse.

But ye, its like garbage time when you look at the LTD and the game is lost, true that But just to clearify, that comment i said about ressurection wasnt ment to as PSP has a chance against DS's LTD. That is lost long time ago.

 

[Phoenix Down]

Is PSP officially the the best second place finish ever in Japan for videogame hardware? I know it is the best selling non-nintendo handheld there at this point, but did anything other than the NES, SNES, PS1 or PS2 ever break 8 million LTD?

i dont know about japan.. but world wide i bet we will see both handhelds reach 100 million LTD..

that would be a first for sure

 

[jarrod]

i dont know about japan.. but world wide i bet we will see both handhelds reach 100 million LTD..

that would be a first for sure

You mean combined? They're almost at that already... DS is going to pass 100m itself actually.

 

[NintendosBooger]

I wonder when Nintendo hardware and software sales this gen will reach the point where they make up for the diminishing profit Nintendo incurred in the previous 2 gens as a result of loss of market share.

 

[Phoenix Down]

You mean combined? They're almost at that already... DS is going to pass 100m itself actually.

seperately.. DS will pass it for sure sooner

i give the psp about 5 more years or so... i think it could last that long.. as sony will make it thinner and cheaper

 

[gkryhewy]

seperately.. DS will pass it for sure sooner

i give the psp about 5 more years or so... i think it could last that long.. as sony will make it thinner and cheaper

Holy shit, dude. You win GAF in terms of the number of unique, independently batshit-insane things believed.

 

[Innotech]

seperately.. DS will pass it for sure sooner

i give the psp about 5 more years or so... i think it could last that long.. as sony will make it thinner and cheaper

thats physically impossible. the UMD format cannot be pared down, which basically means that the system is as thin and compact as it can get.

 

[AnimeTheme]

didn't it happen a week or two already?

How many times? The only time I know for sure was early 2005.

My point is, if they really cross stream again (especially if it will happen before MHP2G), I wonder if PSP may be able to keep it for a very long time, until there is anything big on DS's side (price drop, big release like DQ9, etc).

 

[Phoenix Down]

Holy shit, dude. You win GAF in terms of the number of unique, independently batshit-insane things believed.

i dont see why not.. as long as sony keeps supporting it....it wont go anywhere

thats physically impossible. the UMD format cannot be pared down, which basically means that the system is as thin and compact as it can get.

we will see.. i bet this isent like last redesign

 

[iidesuyo]

thats physically impossible. the UMD format cannot be pared down, which basically means that the system is as thin and compact as it can get.

there's still some room to make it thinner

UMDs are only 4mm thin, the laser unit is very small too, that's not the problem

 

[Neo C.]

Nintendo being in a position of having to delay releases because there simply isn't enough hw available, when they're manufacturing 1.8 million per month, is an incredibly strong one to be in!

Basically it also means they can put more titles on the schedule list whenever the Wii seems to lose steam. I bet there are a few titles nearly finished but not officially announced simply because they don't need to show them at the moment.

 

[jj984jj]

@ After School Boy.

 

[Frankfurter]

seperately.. DS will pass it for sure sooner

i give the psp about 5 more years or so... i think it could last that long.. as sony will make it thinner and cheaper

You expect the PSP to pass 100m? :/

 

[perfectchaos007]

I don't know why so many people are jizzing over PSP sales now. Software sales haven't changed a bit even since the recent hardware sales bump which doesn't help out the cause at all. The cause being to sell software

 

[jarrod]

i dont see why not.. as long as sony keeps supporting it....it wont go anywhere

Uh... maybe if we get that fabled PSPhone... and even then I wouldn't count on it. :lol


PSP's only at what, ~30m sold through? After 3 years on market with a redesign already even? And it's going to more than triple that in 5 more years? I, uh, wouldn't count on it...

 

[Tickets]

How could have PSP software performed any better than it did this week? 3 in the top 10, you either have unrealistic expectations or you are ignoring the success to fit some sort of agenda or belief you refuse to forfeit.

 

[gkryhewy]

I, uh, wouldn't count on it...

Call a spade a spade. It's mind-boggling, batshit insane.